Illuminated street-car sign



(No Model.)

J. M. ALLISON. ILLUMINATBD STREET GAR SIGN. No. 532,411. Patented Jan.8, 1895.

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JAMES M. ALLISoN, or INDIANAPOLIS, ASSIGNOR on ONE-FOURTH TO ANDREW M.BA S,oF MARIO COUNTY, INDIANA.

I'LLU NATED STREET-CAR SIGN.

I SPEOIFI QATION forming of I etters Patent No. 532,411, dated January,8, 1895. Application neta a. 1894. Serial No. 516,562. (No model.)

To all ichom it may concern: v

Beit known that I, JAMES M. ALLISON, a citizen of the United States,residing at Indiaiiapolis, in the county of Marion and State of Indiana,have invented certain new and useful Improvements inIlluminated'Street-Gar Signs; and I do hereby declare the following tobe a full, clear, and exact description of the inventiomsuch in the artto whichit appertai-ns to make and use the same. I Thisinvention'relatesto improvements in signs to be attached to streetcars,preferably by placing thesign uponthe r'oof otthe car, and has for itsobjects, first, the construction of a sign that will indicate thedestination of vertising feature with the designation of the.

from said advertisement may contribute to the cost of maintenance of thedevice; third, to provide means whereby a series of difierent signsmaybe displayed in succession subect to the easy control person-incharge of the car.

I'accomplish the objects of the invention by. the. mechanism illustratedin the accompanymg drawings, in which- Figure 1 is. a view in frontelevation of my car Sign, showing also the adjacent portions of the car,and the mechanism by which the" sign is revolved. Fig. 2 is an end viewof the same. Fig. 3 is a detail in vertical section of the end of therevolving Sign. Fig. 4: is a garislverse section through the line y y of.Similar letters refer to like parts throughout the several views of thedrawings;

In the said drawings the portions marked A represent the street car, andB the sign secured to the roof of the car. The street car isofanyusualordosired construction. Thesign will be secured thereon asfollows:Standards A are secured to the roof of the car, which engagesockets F, provided at their upper end with transverse openings toreceive a shaft G, The shaft G-is provided with an integral disk g, bywhich the shaft will be secured to the end plate 0* of a reflector C byscrews or' bolts in the manner shown" in Fi as will enable ,othersskilled brought into view at of the inotorrnan or rotating the signs,which will not be needed on that end. As will be seen on reference tothe figures, four sign's,-formingthe four sides of an elongated box, areused','and ar e provided with the rectangular-end pieces-a The endpiecesare provided with centrally located openings 0. The reflector andattached lamps will be placed within the fonr-sid ed box or case, andthe shafts'Clii prgjectedthrough the o enin s 01. in the on s d rite to-revolve upon the shatts G so that the sign on any one of thenfonr sidesmay be W1 trol the revolution of the case, and to place the means ofcontrol within the reach of the driver or n10torman, I provide themechanism, which I- will now describe.

H is a ratchet wheelbolted or otherwise secured to the end a? of thecase, and having an outwardly projected hub extension h.

I is a lever mounted upon the hub extension it of the wheel H, andhaving movement around said hub. The lever-I carries the pawl i and thespring 71 which spring presses the pawl into engagement "with the teethof the ratchet wheel H.

J. is a cord fastened to the upper end of the lever I, and extends downwithin reachot the driver or motorman. The cord 'is provided with thestopsj and j ,and is projected, through In order to 0011- The case willbe.

an eye j attached to the car roof, or if de- Siredthecord may beprojected -'through a hole in the root of said car. The stops j andthrow or move:

made by a downward stroke of thelever. To

guard against the accidental shifting oi: the Sign case by the jar ofthe car, I provide a four-sided disk K, which is caught by the keyCorrection in Letters Patent No. 532,4lt

It is hereby certified that Letters Patent No. 532,411, the applicationof James M. Allison,

granted J annary 8, 1895, upon of Indianapolis, Indiana, for animprovement in Illuminated Street-Oar Signs, were erroneously issued toJames M. Allison and Andrew M.'Banks, of MarionConnty, India-na, asowners of the entire interest in said invention and that said LettersPatent should have been issued to said Allison and Andrew M. Banks, BertL. Madison, and Charles. Baker, of Indianapolis,

said Bert L.

three-fourths interest in said invention as-shown by assignments ofrecord in t is otfice;

Indiana,

lliadison and Charles Baker being joint owners with Andrew Banks of andthat the said Letters Patent should be read with this correction thereinthat the same may conform to the record of the case in the PatentOffice.

Signed, conntersigned, and sealed this 29th day of J annary, A. D. 1895.

[SEAL] JNO. M. REYNOLDS,

Assistant Secretary of the Interior.

Counter-signed:

JOHN S. SEYMOUR.

Commissioner of Patents.

It is hereby certified that Letters Patent No. 532,411, granted J anilary 8, 1895, upon the application of James M. Allison, of Indianapolis,Indiana, for an improvement in Illuminated Street-Gar Signs, wereerroneously issued to James M. Allison and Andrew M.'Banks, ofMarionGounty, Indiana, as owners of the entire interest in saidinvention and that said Letters Patent should have been issued to saidAllison and Andrew M. Banks, Bert L. Madison, and Charles. Baker, ofIndianapolis, Indiana,

said Bert L.

three-fourths interest in said invention as-shown by assignments ofrecord in Madison and Charles Baker being joint owners with Andrew Banksof this oliice;

and that the said Letters Patent should be read with this correctiontherein that the same may conform to the record of the case in thePatent Ofiice.

Signed, oonntersigned, and sealed this 29th day of January, A.' D. 1895.

[SEAL-l JNO. M. REYNOLDS,

Assistant Secretary of the Interior.

Oountersi gned:

JOHN S. SEYMOUR.

Commissioner of Patents.

